Gingrich arrived with his wife Callista for a campaign stop May 16 at P S Air Inc. at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. (Brian Ray/ SourceMedia Group News)

Newt Gingrich is opening an Iowa campaign office, months after his entire Iowa paid staff quite and his 2012 presidential run had been panned as dead by multiple political pundits.

The office is located at Aurora Business Park, 11386 Aurora Ave., in Urbandale. Office furniture is being moved in today.

The campaign has rehired Katie Koberg who was on the staff in June before the campaign ran into financial problems, due in part to what employees noted as lackadaisical fundraising and Gingrich’s decision to take a private plane to chauffeur him and his wife Callista to multiple Iowa campaign events.

Koberg is a new Iowa communications and event planner. Craig Schoenfeld, who had worked for Americans for Rick Perry after leaving Gingrich’s campaign in June, is back as a volunteer to help with Gingrich’s voter contacts.

The campaign has also hired three other Iowa staff members, which will be announced later, Koberg said. Additionally, some of the campaign’s national staff will move to Iowa in coming days, she said.

It is unclear if the Gingrich campaign will open a second office in Iowa City, as its volunteer Iowa campaign chairwoman Linda Upmeyer mentioned earlier this month. It’s possible that the campaign will implement some other form of outreach in Iowa City rather than a physical office, Koberg said this morning.

Gingrich is in Iowa today and tomorrow to campaign. Here’s his schedule:

Today in Iowa

Newt GingrichWhen: November 30, 2011, 6:00 p.m.Where: Pizza King in Council Bluffs, 1101 N Broadway, Council BluffsWhat: Gingrich will participate in the “Slice the Deficit” Pizza Party hosted by Strong America Now.